diff --git a/extra/lua51/PKGBUILD b/extra/lua51/PKGBUILD
index 05ca9c8a5..0baf82414 100644
--- a/extra/lua51/PKGBUILD
+++ b/extra/lua51/PKGBUILD
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Contributor: Damir Perisa <damir.perisa@bluewin.ch>
 
 # ALARM: Kevin Mihelich <kevin@archlinuxarm.org>
-#  - use fPIC with armv7h
+#  - use fPIC with armv7h and aarch64
 
 pkgname=lua51
 pkgver=5.1.5
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ prepare() {
 build() {
   cd lua-$pkgver
 
-  [[ $CARCH == armv7h ]] && export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIC"
+  [[ $CARCH == armv7h || $CARCH == aarch64 ]] && export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIC"
   sed -e 's:llua:llua5.1:' -e 's:/include:/include/lua5.1:' -i etc/lua.pc
   sed -r -e '/^LUA_(SO|A|T)=/ s/lua/lua5.1/' -e '/^LUAC_T=/ s/luac/luac5.1/' \
     -i src/Makefile